Adjusted all Head.create calls to set a logmessage similar to the one git uses

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/objects/commit.py b/objects/commit.py
index 9c7e66a3..883d6a6c 100644
--- a/objects/commit.py
+++ b/objects/commit.py
@@ -350,12 +350,12 @@ class Commit(base.Object, Iterable, Diffable, Traversable, Serializable):
 			# as well ... 
 			import git.refs
 			try:
-				repo.head.commit = new_commit
+				repo.head.set_commit(new_commit, logmsg="commit: %s" % message)
 			except ValueError:
 				# head is not yet set to the ref our HEAD points to
 				# Happens on first commit
 				import git.refs
-				master = git.refs.Head.create(repo, repo.head.ref, commit=new_commit)
+				master = git.refs.Head.create(repo, repo.head.ref, commit=new_commit, logmsg="commit (initial): %s" % message)
 				repo.head.reference = master
 			# END handle empty repositories
 		# END advance head handling 
@@ -382,7 +382,12 @@ class Commit(base.Object, Iterable, Diffable, Traversable, Serializable):
 						self.authored_date, 
 						altz_to_utctz_str(self.author_tz_offset)))
 			
-		write(fmt % ("committer", c.name, c.email, 
+		# encode committer
+		aname = c.name
+		if isinstance(aname, unicode):
+			aname = aname.encode(self.encoding)
+		# END handle unicode in name
+		write(fmt % ("committer", aname, c.email, 
 						self.committed_date,
 						altz_to_utctz_str(self.committer_tz_offset)))
 		
@@ -440,6 +445,13 @@ class Commit(base.Object, Iterable, Diffable, Traversable, Serializable):
 			print >> sys.stderr, "Failed to decode author name '%s' using encoding %s" % (self.author.name, self.encoding)
 		# END handle author's encoding
 		
+		# decode committer name
+		try:
+			self.committer.name = self.committer.name.decode(self.encoding) 
+		except UnicodeDecodeError:
+			print >> sys.stderr, "Failed to decode committer name '%s' using encoding %s" % (self.committer.name, self.encoding)
+		# END handle author's encoding
+		
 		# a stream from our data simply gives us the plain message
 		# The end of our message stream is marked with a newline that we strip
 		self.message = stream.read()
diff --git a/objects/submodule/root.py b/objects/submodule/root.py
index d194cd5b..ca51b34e 100644
--- a/objects/submodule/root.py
+++ b/objects/submodule/root.py
@@ -207,12 +207,8 @@ class RootModule(Submodule):
 					smm = sm.module()
 					smmr = smm.remotes
 					try:
-						tbr = git.Head.create(smm, sm.branch_name)
-					except git.GitCommandError, e:
-						if e.status != 128:
-							raise
-						#END handle something unexpected
-						
+						tbr = git.Head.create(smm, sm.branch_name, logmsg='branch: Created from HEAD')
+					except OSError:
 						# ... or reuse the existing one
 						tbr = git.Head(smm, sm.branch_path)
 					#END assure tracking branch exists